For example, Bill English, the prime minister of New Zealand, wrote the introduction to U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, who topped the influential-leader category. English praised May, who was swept into office in the wake of her country’s shock vote to leave the European Union and just called for a snap election to shore up support for that decision, for meeting the “deepest demand of leadership.”

As for the rest, there were notable entries from Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who had this to say about No. 4 on the influential-leader list, U.S. President Donald Trump:

‘Up close, I have found a driven, hands-on leader, with the potential to become a truly transformational American figure.’
Rep. Paul Ryan

Penning that particular biographical sketch was a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Christopher Hill, said there are no signs of mellowing from the “mercurial Kim,” whom he said has executed more than 300 people since “perp-walking his uncle out of a party and having him shot soon after.”

Here’s more from Hill:

‘Initial hopes that the Swiss-educated, third-generation dictator would be a reformer and accede to international demands to abandon his nuclear program have long died along with his victims.’
Christopher Hill, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea

In another not-so-flattering introduction, Colombia’s former president, César Gaviria, laid into Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines president who made it to No. 11 on the influential-leader list. Gaviria said that Duterte will find that the result of his heavy-handed cure of having drug addicts killed is “infinitely worse than the disease.” He then suggested that the Philippines leader provide treatment for users rather than send them to prison, or worse, pondering how many more must die before Duterte wises up.

Trump’s immediate family peppered the “pioneers” category, with advisers — daughter Ivanka at 7 and her husband Jared Kushner at 11. While Kushner was written up — tepidly, numerous observers noted — by Henry Kissinger, Ivanka Trump’s write-up was provided by Wendi Deng Murdoch, billed as a film producer and entrepreneur, who had this to say about her “dear friend”:

‘As modern working moms, we have faced many of the same challenges and joys, and she has become a trusted counsel in my life.’
Wendy Murdoch

The Time list is well worth checking out for more notables. See the whole rundown here.

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